Summer, Summer, Summertime
Mother, Mother, Mother-archetype
Here in the northern hemisphere we are in the zenith of the summer solstice. I can’t help but see all the new growth as I forest bath in the mountains. That is not a photo of me forest bathing. Not even close. I asked AI for a generated image of the mother archetype in summer. I definitely felt this way in my Summer life phase in my 20’s.
Growth is a big factor when it comes to the ovulation phase. That and all the hormones that rise to the occasion to cause the ovary to release an egg. This process of ovulation has the potential to create in the largest sense possible. To create life.
The Mother Archetype
The archetype of the Ovulatory Summer Phase is the Season of the Mother. In this phase motherly energy wants to grow, nurture, and support. As a mother, I am more available mentally, emotionally and physically to my son during this phase. It comes natural to nurture my family and my friends. I am filled with gratitude and appreciation for my family. Taking care of them and their needs feels fulfilling.
This is the time to embrace whatever it is that makes you feel motherly.
If you are in the Mother Phase of your life (early 20’s to late 30’s) you may feel this as an overriding filtered lens of all of your phases in your monthly cycle. There is a natural motherly creative energy that happily makes chocolate smiley pancakes and sand castles on the beach and cuts the crusts off sandwiches. This time is very unique to the rest of the life phases and can be a beautiful time of life.
No children of your own?
Whether you are literally or figuratively a mother, there is fulfillment in finding what nurtures your community. You may find that you want to bring in people, dogs, children, and the lady down the street. This is a community building phase of life.
Just as ovulation is a time of growth of the uterine lining and summer season is a time of growth of all the plants, inwardly we experience growth that expands us to give and receive. We may find that we want to grow outward to our communities or grow our family.
In the Summer life phase of my 20’s, I got married. The year after our wedding, we bought a house that we felt was more than enough space for us. It was then that together we prayed that God would fill the space with community.
That prayer was soon answered with a beautiful family of five that needed a temporary place. After the family left, we had at different times, 5 single people, one stray Hanukkah cat, and a hurricane displaced squirrel. This was all before I became pregnant at 29 years old.
The mother phase was alive and active in me.
Summer/Ovulation phase Challenges
As with every phase there are natural abilities and challenges and summer is no exception. However; Summer/ovulation may not have as many challenges as other phases, and they may be more subtle. We’ll take the short list, right?!
Challenges:
Overcommitting
When the to-dos take over the social calendar
Being sick during this phase
Being alone
Overspending
Others taking advantage of your generosity
Not taking time to nurture yourself
Expecting the summer vibes all the time
Ovulation migraines
Ovulation cramps
The post-ovulation slump due to the rapid drop in estrogen (you might have heard me be-moaning this phenomenon especially since… dun dun dun, perimenopause)
Summer, Summer, Summer= baby making season *true story!
When summertime peaked in my summer life phase and I was ovulating on a full moon? Bam. That is exactly when everything lined up for me (after 3 years of trying to conceive). Summer, summer, summer.
How does summertime in the Autumn/fall life phase during ovulation feel?
Well, that’s where I’m at.
Honestly? I’m doing less outdoors during the hot parts of the day. I look for shade when I feel the intensity of the sun to be too much. Ovulation doesn’t have as much of all the feels as it used to. And now, I’m finding that I need a down day just after ovulation to switch gears. Some months I experience tension headaches during ovulation and other times I experience a feeling of a lack of motivation suddenly, that leaves me feeling a bit lost. Still, I am experiencing a go with the flow state in my late summer days and that feels reassuring. Surprisingly, I am really enjoying my late summer/early autumn days. The transition from summer to fall has been less abrupt over the last 6 or more months.
Now I want to know about you.
How is your summertime going?
How do/did you experience your Summer/Mother life phase?
What is your ovulatory phase like?
How have you experienced the Mother archetype?
Whatever season you are in, I hope you…
Go With The Flow,
Oh I love the summer days of my cycle! It's the equivalent of the long, lazy days that aren't filled with appointments or stressful in the least. ✨
Happy summer Jess ☀️
I’m feeling very summery today, day 12, actually at the beach too, and it’s a feeling I want to hold onto and wish I could have every day, but as I’ve started recognizing I’m in perimenopause, these days are not as frequent and although that saddens me, I need to start respecting myself during the other days and not searching for ‘what is wrong with me?’ and know these days will come back around and to live in the moment when they do ✨